vectorDir

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Description

Description:

Returns object's normalized direction vector in world space ([x,y,z]).

• A unit facing North would return [0,1,0]
• A unit facing East would return [1,0,0]
• A unit facing South would return [0,-1,0]
• A unit facing West would return [-1,0,0]

Groups:

Math - Vectors

Syntax

Syntax:

vectorDir object

Parameters:

object: Object

Return Value:

Array - format Vector3D

Examples

Example 1:

_dirVector = vectorDir _unit;

Additional Information

See also:

vectorModelToWorldvectorDirVisualvectorUpsetVectorDirsetVectorUpsetVectorDirAndUpvectorDiffvectorAddvectorMultiplyvectorCrossProductvectorDistancevectorMagnitudeSqrvectorDistanceSqrvectorCosvectorMagnitudevectorDotProductvectorNormalizedvectorFromToBIS_fnc_transformVectorDirAndUp

Notes

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Posted on February 2, 2019 - 01:03 (UTC)

killzone_kid

vectorDir 2D: [sin _azimuth, cos _azimuth, 0] vectorDir 3D: [sin _azimuth * cos _altitude, cos _azimuth * cos _altitude, sin _altitude]